News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Several UW-Milwaukee faculty members recently received good news about grant funding for projects. Theatre Professor Anne Basting’s TimeSlips, a nonprofit that brings creativity into care relationships, received an NEA ArtWorks grant to share the stories and imaginations of people across Wisconsin. The grant will support live performance and visual/sound installations inspired by stories created by […]
Thomas Hooyer, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, died May 4, 2016, following a battle with ALS. He was 53. Hooyer spent his career as a professor of Geology within the UW System, serving in the Wisconsin Geological Survey in Madison, conducting glacial geology research worldwide and, most recently, at UW-Milwaukee. Members of the […]
A television commercial made by students in the Peck School of the Arts is a finalist at the prestigious Art & Technique of the American Commercial show June 9 in New York. In the form of a public service announcement, “Campus Safe Ride Stalker” was chosen from United States and international entries. If it is […]
UWM was ranked first by TheBestSchools.org. among schools in Wisconsin in a recent article, “The Best Online Colleges in Wisconsin.” TheBestSchools.org selected UWM based on several weighted factors, including academic excellence, course offerings, faculty strengths and reputation, including reputation for online degree programs. Overall, the website said it selected the online colleges and universities based […]
Andrew Petto, senior lecturer in the UWM Department of Biological Sciences, received a Friend of Darwin Award from the National Center for Science Education. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to advancing the teaching of evolution and climate science. A pioneer in evolution literacy, Petto helped advance education standards in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and helped local […]
César Ferreira, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, was inducted into the Orden de los Descubridores (Order of Discoverers) by Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, during a Ceremony May 6 in Greene Hall. The honor is conferred for “outstanding service in the fields of Hispanic scholarship, the teaching of Spanish, and the […]
Aaron Buseh, College of Nursing, was appointed to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health. Originally from Liberia, West Africa, Buseh completed graduate training in nursing and public health and has more than 15 years of experience in nursing and public health sciences. Kevin McLeod, Mathematical Sciences, was honored […]
UWM researchers are among those being honored for the detection of gravitational waves in space, a discovery announced earlier this year. The international group of more than 1,000 contributing scientists and engineers won the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Founded by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Yuri and Julia […]
More than 250 UWM students from across disciplines presented results of their research on April 29 at the annual symposium sponsored by the UWM Office of Undergraduate Research. The projects included oral and poster presentations – and even a dance performance – on topics as diverse as the AIDS virus in green monkeys, tiny houses […]
Susan McRoy, professor of computer science, and Vanessa Radlinger, a computer science major, used robots to demonstrate programming to students April 21 at the Milwaukee Public Schools STEM Fair at the Milwaukee County Zoo. The robots helped introduce computer science to students and their teachers. “We showed students how software can control robots in factories, during […]
